﻿Shade 
  Trees. 
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  Old 
  towns 
  such 
  as 
  Raleigh, 
  Fayetteville, 
  Hillsboro 
  and 
  

   Chapel 
  Hill 
  are 
  made 
  beautiful 
  in 
  Spring 
  and 
  Summer 
  by 
  

   the 
  spreading 
  branches 
  and 
  dense 
  foliage 
  of 
  oaks 
  and 
  elms. 
  

   These 
  afford 
  abundant 
  shade, 
  but 
  they 
  prevent 
  a 
  free 
  circu- 
  

   lation' 
  of 
  air, 
  the 
  Southern 
  zephyrs 
  being 
  literally 
  stopped 
  

   on 
  the 
  outskirts 
  of 
  the 
  town. 
  Beauty 
  is 
  thus 
  enjoyed 
  at 
  the 
  

   expense 
  of 
  comfort, 
  for 
  the 
  overage 
  citizen 
  fairly 
  melts 
  in 
  

   the 
  shade. 
  How 
  is 
  it 
  with 
  Durham? 
  

  

  The 
  time 
  was 
  when 
  scarcely' 
  a 
  tree 
  could 
  be 
  seen 
  within 
  

   its 
  corporate 
  limits, 
  unless 
  it 
  were 
  a 
  stra\' 
  pine 
  or 
  male 
  per- 
  

   simmon. 
  To-day— 
  May 
  1st, 
  18S4— 
  nearly 
  every 
  street 
  in 
  town 
  

   is 
  marked 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  by 
  green 
  lines 
  of 
  aspens 
  and 
  elms, 
  

   and 
  fifty 
  years 
  will 
  have 
  elapsed 
  before 
  our 
  people 
  will 
  be 
  

   called 
  upon 
  to 
  suffer 
  from 
  excessive 
  shade. 
  

  

  'Further, 
  if 
  any 
  one 
  will 
  take 
  time 
  to 
  look 
  at 
  an 
  accurate 
  

   map 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  they 
  can 
  readily 
  note 
  that 
  Durham 
  

   is 
  peculiarly 
  situated 
  to 
  enjoy 
  the 
  breezes 
  which 
  sweep 
  up 
  

   the 
  interior 
  from 
  Onslow 
  Bay. 
  A 
  range 
  of 
  high 
  hills 
  en- 
  

   compass 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  North 
  and 
  West, 
  extending 
  from 
  Townes- 
  

   ville, 
  near 
  the 
  Virginia 
  line, 
  in 
  a 
  South-westerly 
  direction, 
  

   touching 
  Knapp 
  of 
  Reeds, 
  in 
  Granville 
  county. 
  Orange 
  Fac- 
  

   tory, 
  in 
  Durham 
  county, 
  and 
  Chapel 
  Hill. 
  Another 
  range 
  

   on 
  the 
  South 
  and 
  East 
  extends 
  from 
  Wake 
  Forest 
  College 
  

   to 
  Morrisville 
  and 
  on 
  until 
  intercepted 
  by 
  the 
  first 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  range, 
  in 
  Chatham 
  county, 
  and 
  there 
  they 
  both 
  ap- 
  

   pear 
  to 
  unite 
  in 
  forming 
  Tyrrell's 
  Mountains. 
  

  

  Durham 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  place 
  of 
  note 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  basin 
  or 
  

   valley 
  between 
  these 
  hilly 
  ranges, 
  and 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  .June, 
  

   July 
  and 
  August 
  are 
  rendered 
  truly 
  enjoyable 
  by 
  the 
  South- 
  

   easterly 
  winds 
  from 
  the 
  sea 
  playing 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  this 
  

   valley, 
  having 
  been 
  cooled 
  by 
  the 
  elevation 
  in 
  their 
  path- 
  

   way. 
  

  

  We 
  say, 
  then, 
  that 
  the 
  former 
  unheallhfulnessof 
  Durham 
  

   could 
  not 
  be 
  attributed 
  to 
  the 
  causes 
  assigned 
  by 
  out.^iders 
  

   and 
  casual 
  observers, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  almost 
  solely 
  due 
  to 
  uu- 
  

   cleanliness, 
  resulting 
  from 
  rotten 
  shanties 
  and 
  back-lot 
  ex- 
  

   cavations, 
  which 
  causes 
  have 
  since 
  been 
  effectually 
  removed. 
  

  

  We 
  would 
  not 
  undertake 
  to 
  describe 
  the 
  suffering, 
  and 
  

   oftimes 
  death, 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  inability 
  of 
  our 
  local 
  govern- 
  

   ment, 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  since, 
  to 
  remedy 
  this 
  evil. 
  The 
  town 
  was 
  

   so 
  constructed 
  that 
  all 
  sanitary 
  measures, 
  however 
  faithfully 
  

   they 
  might 
  be 
  executed, 
  were 
  in 
  vain. 
  A 
  better 
  state 
  of 
  af- 
  

   fairs 
  was 
  soon 
  to 
  follow. 
  

  

  